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It is catalogued under topics including 1990s political satire films, 1990s satirical films and 1999 black comedy films.
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8.0In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
Cast
- Damián Alcázar as Juan Vargas
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as López
- Isela Vega as Doña Lupe
- Salvador Sánchez as Pek
- Juan Carlos Colombo as Ramírez
- Delia Casanova as Rosa
Themes
- corruption
- political party
- politics
- mayor
- 1940s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Original language
- Spanish
- Main subject
- Mexican Revolution
- Director
- Luis Estrada
- Screenwriter
- Vicente Leñero
- Cast member
- Delia Casanova
- Composer
- Santiago Ojeda Pérez
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 225587
- Image
- La Ley de Herodes.jpg
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- publication date
- 1999-11-09
- title
- La ley de Herodes
- film editor
- Luis Estrada
- review score
- 64/100
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